Laminated tire.



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JOHN WESLEY onRnART, or AUSTIN, TEXAS. LAMINATED-TIRE. i l

A Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 23, 190 6.,,Serial No. 318,330.

Patented May '21, 1907.

vTo all whom it,maycneern: i Be it known that I, JOHN WESLEY CAR HART, acitizen of the United States, and a resident. of Austin, in the county'of Travis and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedLaminated Tire, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact descnt1on.

My inventionrelates to tires, such, or instance, as are used uponautomobiles and other road Vehicles,-;I,ny more particular object beingto produc'e a tire built up of 1amme so as to possess great strength andresiliency, and to be easily constructed of comparatively cheapmaterials as well as to' be easily repaired, or to be'replaced either inwholeormpart.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin s forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding 'partsin all the figures.

Figure I -is a side elevation of a wheel equipped with my improved tire;Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary central section through the top ofthe'wheel and the tire, the section being taken upon a line crossing theaxis of revolution;. Fig. 8 is-an enlarged central sec,- tion throughthe top of the wheel,but taken upon a plane crossing the generaldirection of t e tire; and Fig. 4 is a fra m'entary elevation ofthe'tirebody as seen rom the outside and showi 'how thelaminae br eakjoints with each ot er.

The hub is shown at 4 and is connected by spokes 5- with the felly 6.The latter is concave as indicated in cross section in Fig. 3. A band 7,of flexible or resilient material, preferably rubber, is' fitted closelyupon the felly 6 and serves as a cushion for thetire. A number ofsegments 8, 9 and 10 of slightly different Widths, are so disposed as tobreak joints with each other as indicated in Fig. 4.

' bringing together a- These segments are made of paper, woven or'knitted fabrics-and are shaped by cutting,

stamping, or the like; i The tire is built up by numb er of these seg- 1ments, the latter being so arranged that they rectlagainst opposite edlges. will, ig leach provided witha head; 13

oluble nut 14', pass .tlirectl; through .the sec-' will break jointswith each'other. A number of sectors-.11 of sheet. metal are disposed,upon op osite sides of the tire, these sectors not touc g each other and'bein held diof t 'e: tire as e understood from v 3. Bolts 12,

' rendering the wheel vided with a concave felly, said tire and with arev-f tors 11 and through the various s'e ments 8, 9 and 10,constituting'thebody o the tire. Radial bolts 15 are let into the theouter periphery thereof. Each of these bolts 15 is provided with a head16 and with tire from a revolubl'e nut 18 and with a washer 19,

' 1 1, out of contact with each other, or in other words separated by aspace 20 as indicated in Fig. 1, confers upon the wheel a considerableamount of resihence less rigid and less liable to break when subjectedto severe strain. Intermediate of the segments 8, 9 and 10 are andflexibility, thereby layers 21 of plastic material, preferably white;

lead paint, which renders the interior of the also acts as'apreservative ofthe said segf ments. The outer rim 22 of the tire makesimpact directly with the surface of the road and thus fills with grit,wherebyit is rendered non-slipping and non-skidding;

I do'not limit myself to the use of any particular materials out ofwhich the segments the comparatively impervious to water and 8, 9 and 10areconstructed. Neither do'I limit myself'to the material of which theband 7 may be made. It will be seenfrom the above that'the segments 8, 9and 10 virtually constitute laminae of nular form, and it will also beseen that these laminae are exceedingly strong, owing to the fact thatthe separate sectors break joint with each other.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters i 95 1. In a tire,thecombination of a felly pro outer surface, a band of Patent resilientmaterial encircling the felly and-conforming to the concave surface, anda tire body built up of laminae, said laminae being substantially an-.

laced with one edge directly abutting the and of resilient material, theother edge forming the tread of the tire, sectors of sheet metalarranged oneach side of the tire, said sectors'being spaced apart,cross-bolts;trav- 'ersmg the laminae and the sectors, and radial thetire, the band and the iwmg depressiops for'receiwa bolts traversing ingthe heads of-the'bolts.-

' 2' Ii1 a ti t eemb n iqa 9ia' yp s resilient material encircling thefelly and con to the felly. v ,1 a

forming to said concave surface, a tire body In testimony whereof I havesignedpmy' built up of laminae, said laminae being placed name to thisspecification in the presence of 5 witlll one edge dilrecltly alimttilngthe band lof two subscribing Witnesses; f

resi ientmateria t eot ere ge ormingt e c tread of the tire, sectors ofsheet metal at- JOHN WESLEY H ranged on each side of the tire, saidsectors Witnesses: being spaced apart from each other, means B. F.GAMBLE, IO for securing the sectors and laminae together, L. G.BOMBA'RGER.

vided with a concave outer surface, a band of and means for securingthetire andt'he band

